The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak in Heifei, China, a testbed for the long-awaited (and now delayed) International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), successfully contained steady-state high-confinement plasma for nearly 17 minutes.

China has achieved a major milestone in the quest for practical commercial fusion power. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei, Anhui Province has set a new record with a 1,

While China hasn't shared a lot of detail about the conditions for this 1,066-second achievement, the researchers say their heating system has doubled in power through recent innovations – so it can now reach the equivalent of 140,000 microwave ovens being switched on at once.

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), commonly known as China's "artificial sun," has achieved a remarkable scientific milestone by maintaining steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for an impressive 1,

China’s "artificial sun" EAST fusion reactor smashed the previous record for sustained plasma, advancing nuclear fusion research.

A new record for plasma confinement time and temperature has been set at the EAST fusion research reactor. ITER should also benefit from this.

A nuclear fusion reactor in China, dubbed the "artificial sun," has broken its own record to bring humanity one step closer to near-limitless clean energy.

Scientists have taken a significant step toward the dream of virtually limitless clean energy. Researchers at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) have achieved a groundbreaking milestone: keeping an artificial sun,

A tiny star burned in China for nearly 18 minutes. Scientists at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei have sustained a fusion reaction for 1,066 seconds - more than doubling their previous record of 403 seconds.